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VAYISHLACH “And he Sent”

TORAH: Genesis: 32:3-36:43HAFTORAH: Hosea 11:7-12:12

B’RIT CHADASHAH: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13, Revelation 7:1-12All references: The Scripture 1998+ unless otherwise noted

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I AM WITH YOU

In  Jacob’s  life,  we  encounter  both  tragedies  and  triumphs.  Both  are necessary for him to be able to take 12 sons with distinct personalities and separate goals and mould them into the fledgling nation of Israel.To  do  this  there  is  never  a  let-up  in  the  challenges  and  dangers  that face  us.  All  of  our  experiences  will  teach  us  the  importance  of constantly  clinging  to  the  promise  that  He  will  never  leave  us  nor forsake us. “And see, I am with you and shall guard you wherever you go, and shall bring you back to this land. For I am not going to leave you until I have

done what I have spoken to you.” (Genesis 28:15)“And it is יהוה who is going before you, He Himself is with you. He does

not fail you nor forsake you. Do not fear nor be discouraged.” (Deuteronomy 31:8)

teaching them to guard all that I have commanded you. And see, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” Amĕn. (Matthew 28:20)

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JACOB’S TROUBLEThe events of the life of Jacob stare us in the face as if we are looking in a mirror. Why? Because they chart our own course in life as well. We also  must  have  faith  and  the  will  to  persevere  while  we  are  being restored  to  a  proper  relationship  with  the  Father.  Jeremiah  equates this future time of “Jacob’s Trouble” with the restoration of Israel: The word that came to Yirmeyahu from יהוה, saying, “Thus spoke יהוה

Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘Write in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you. ‘For look, the days are coming,’ declares when I shall turn back the captivity of My people Yisra’ĕl and‘ ,יהוה

Yehudah,’ declares יהוה, ‘and I shall bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and let them possess it.’ ” And these are the

words יהוה spoke concerning Yisra’ĕl and Yehudah. “For this is what said, ‘We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of יהוה

peace. ‘Ask now, and see if a man is giving birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labour, and all faces

turned pale? ‘Oh! For great is that day, there is none like it. And it is the time of Yaʽaqob’s distress, but he shall be saved out of it. (Jeremiah

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BACKGROUNDThis  weeks  Parsha  starts  after  Laban  and  his  family  left  Jacob,  and made  a  covenant  with  him,  on  Har  Gilead  (Mountain  of  Witness). Laban (meaning white or pure), embraced Jacob and brought him into the family only to use him. Laban really represented the “false chesed” or  a  spirit  of  false  loving-kindness  (the  antithesis  of  Abraham’s attribute of  loving-kindness)  toward  Jacob. He was  the white-washed sepulchres that יהושע compared the hypocritical leaders of His day to. Laban  represented  the  evil  spiritual  manifestations  of  this  world toward יהוה’s chosen, Jacob. As  Rabbi  Avraham  Greenbaum  reminds  us;  “At Mount Gil'ad, Jacob made a ‘treaty’ with Laban demarcating the boundaries which they and their descendants were to observe: these are the boundaries that neither good nor evil may overstep in the unfolding drama of human history. In prevailing over Laban, Jacob demonstrated that he had made a complete acquisition of Abraham's quality of Chesed. It was Abraham who went to the Mountain, and thus Jacob's ‘treaty’ with Laban was struck at Mount Gil'ad.”

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TWO CAMPS

And when Yaʽaqob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of Elohim.” And he called the name of that place Mahanayim. (Genesis 32:2)

Machanayim  means  “two camps” and  is  the  plural  of  the  root word machanah (Strong’s H4264)  meaning  “encampment, camp, camp of armed host, army camp, company, body of people.” We read of two camps again  in Songs of Solomons: Return, return, O Shulammith; Return, return, and let us look upon you! Why should you look upon the Shulammith, As it were the dance of two armies? (Song of Solomon 6:13)The  Hebrew  word m’kolah (Strong’s H4246)  means  “dance.” Dancing for two armies (“mahanah.“)There  is  a  correlation  between  Song  6:13  and  Genesis  32:2  since Mehanaim in Genesis and “Machneh” or “two armies” in the Song of Solomon are the same word; the former is the plural and the latter is the root.

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MINISTERING SPIRITSAre they not all serving spirits sent out to attend those who are about to

inherit deliverance? (Hebrews 1:14)Mahanaim is on the Jabbok River, a tributary leading to the Jordan River  in the Transjordan region. There was a double meaning in the name Mahanaim as his two wives and their children were also two camps. This was prophetic of the actual two camps or Houses that would come from Leah and Rachel called the House of Israel and the House of Judah. There was something still lacking in Jacob and he needed to deal with it before he could cross over to meet his brother Esau and more importantly before he could enter the land. Thus  the  angels  served  a  duel  purpose:  First,  preparing  Jacob  to  meet  his adversary and secondly, ministering to him the necessity of dealing with his heart before יהוה.

saying, “Father, if it be Your counsel, remove this cup from Me. Yet not My desire, but let Yours be done.” And there appeared a messenger from heaven

to Him, strengthening Him. And being in agony, He was praying more earnestly. And His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the

ground. (Luke 22:42-44)

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A WORD PICTURE - FISH... and passed over the ford of Yabboq. (Genesis 32:22)

Jacob’s  time  at  the  Jabbok  River  was  a  living  parable  and prophetic of how we are to give our lives over to יהוה following our  deliverance/salvation.  A  word  picture  of  this  is  that  of catching a fish. Is a fish already gutted and cleaned when caught, or  is  the  fish  first  hooked,  reeled  in,  brought  on  board and then gutted and cleaned? Many people expect new believers to be  squeaky  clean  when  they  come  to   because יהוה  s’יהושעblood  covers  them,  making  them  automatically  clean  at  that point. Many of us are in the boat but have not been gutted and cleaned  yet.  The  Messiah  died  for  us  while  we  were still sinful (walking  in  unrighteous  ways).  Abraham  was uncircumcised when he received the Covenant. So were we. We are  not  circumcised  when  we  come  to  our  Savior.  Rather  our hearts are circumcised AFTER we come to Him. By the process by progressive  revelation  and  a  walk  of  redemption  in   ,יהושע this leads to a circumcised heart, a heart that  is no longer after self or blocked but totally surrendered to service in יהושע.

SENT MESSENGERS

And Yaʽaqob sent messengers before him to Ěsaw his brother in the land of Sĕʽir, the field of Edom (Genesis 32:3)

The first verse of our Torah reading gives us clues that we are returning to the subject of the selling of the birthright:•   Seir  –means  “shaggy” or “hairy” and  refers  back  to  Esau’s 

appearance upon birth (Genesis 25:25)•   Field – Esau was described as a “man of the field” (Genesis 25:27)

and Isaac sent Esau out to the “field” to get venison (Genesis 27:3)•   Edom  –means  “red” and  brings  to  mind  the  “red, red” stew  that 

Jacob used to purchase the birthright (Genesis 25:30-32).Jacob is fearful of a confrontation with his brother and confesses that fear to the Almighty in a plea for deliverance: “Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Ěsaw, for I fear him, lest he come and shall smite me and the mother with the children. (Genesis 32:11)

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WORD SENT

and he commanded them, saying, “Say this to my master Ěsaw, ‘Your servant Yaʽaqob said this, “I have sojourned with Laban and stayed

there until now. “And I have bulls, and donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants. And I have sent to inform my master, to find favour in

your eyes.” ’ ” (Genesis 32:4-5)Legends of the Jews: Jacob also sent word to Esau, saying: "Though I dwelt  with  that  heathen  of  the  heathen,  Laban,  yet  have  I  not forgotten  my  God,  but  I  fulfil  the  six  hundred  and  thirteen commandments of the Torah. If thy mind be set upon peace, thou wilt find  me  ready  for  peace.  But  if  thy  desire  be  war,  thou  wilt  find  me ready  for war.  I have with me men of valour and strength,  they have but to utter a word, and God fulfils it. I tarried with Laban until Joseph should  be  born,  he  who  is  destined  to  subdue  thee.  And  though  my descendants  be  held  in  bondage  in  this  world,  yet  a  day  will  come when they will rule over their rulers."

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400So the messengers returned to Yaʽaqob, saying, “We came to your brother Ěsaw, and he also is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him.”

And Yaʽaqob was greatly afraid and distressed. So he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two groups, and he

said, “If Ěsaw comes to the one group and attacks it, then the other group which is left shall escape.” (Genesis 32:6-8)

Esau goes out to meet him, with 400 men. 400 is the numeric value of the letter “tav”, which is the “mark” or “sign” of the covenant and signifies the “end”. Just  as  “aleph” is  the  “beginning”, “tav” is  the  “end”. Rabbi Greenbaum  calls  these  “the legions of death”. He  points  out  that  400 signifies a complete array of numbers, 10 x 10 on all four sides. Esau came against Jacob with the same envy and enmity of the serpent towards Adam. 400 also equals the phrase “la’mishle” or “for a proverb” or “parable”; which is a story for us to pay attention to. 400 also equals “mishna’i” or “for both” and “la’shalom” or “for peace”. יהוה orchestrated this event  in Jacob’s  life as  a  parable,  a  story  for  us  to  understand  and  heed.  Also,  “it’s for both” houses and it’s “for peace”.

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FEAR AND TORMENTFear is rooted in unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment. Jacob had not surrounded his life and all that he had to יהוה yet. This report  about  his  brother  caused  Jacob  great  fear  and  torment. Taking matters into his own hands, Jacob divided his people and animals  with  him  into two  groups, saying,  “If  Esau  comes  and attacks one group, the group that is left may escape.” Only after doing this did Jacob seek יהוה. 

And Yaʽaqob said, “O Elohim of my father Abraham and Elohim of my father Yitshaq, יהוה who said to me, ‘Return to your land

and to your relatives, and I do good to you,’ “I do not deserve the least of all the kind acts and all the truth which You have shown

Your servant, for I passed over this Yardĕn with my staff, and now I have become two groups. “Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Ěsaw, for I fear him, lest he come and shall smite me and the mother with the children. “For You said, ‘I shall certainly do good to you, and shall make your seed

as the sand of the sea, which are too numerous to count.’ ” (Genesis 32:9-12)

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THE STRATEGY

And he spent the night there, and took what came to his hand as a present for Ěsaw his brother – two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, thirty milk camels

with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals. And he gave into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put some

distance between drove and drove.” And he commanded the first one, saying, “When Ěsaw my brother meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To

whom do you belong, and where are you going? And whose are these in front of you?’ then you shall say, ‘They are your servant Yaʽaqob’s. It is a present sent to my master Ěsaw. And see, he also is behind us.’ ” So

he commanded the second, and the third, and all who followed the droves, saying, “Speak to Ěsaw this same word when you find him, and

you shall say, ‘Also look, your servant Yaʽaqob is behind us.’ ” For he said, “Let me appease him with the present that goes before me, and

after that see his face. He might accept me.” (Genesis 32:13-20)

GIFTSJacob,  in  dealing  with  the  evil  material  manifestation  of  this  world, speaks  to  the  materialism  in  Esau  by  offering  him  a  very  large  gift,   bribe. The  first  gift  that  Jacob  sends  out  in  a  drove  (herd  or  group)  is  200 female goats and 20 males. • 200  is  the  numeric  value  of  the  letter  “reish”  which  is  the 

“beginning” and 20 is numeric value of “kaf” which is “palm of the hand” or “covering”. 

Jacob to convey  to Esau  that  this  is only  the first gift  for covering his offense. He repeats these numbers again with ewes and rams. • 200 is also the numeric value of the word “va‟ tzadik” which means 

“and is righteous” or “just”. 20 is also the numeric value of the word “haya” which means “has become”.

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GIFTS CON’T

30 milk camels with their colts (30, as one each, is typical). • 30  is  the  numeric  value  of  the  letter  “lamed” or  the  “shepherd‟s

staff” which signifies “learning”. 30 also equals  the words “b‟chai” or “in life” and “va‟cheetah” or “and is purified”.

Here,  he  has  not  separated  the  nursing  from  their  mothers.  We  see two 30’s, saying that he’s “learned the lessons of life” and his intentions are pure. He follows this gift with another of 40 cows and 10 bulls. • 40 is the number of “learning” or “testing” and 10 is the number of 

the “fullness of something”, as in the “fullness of time”. 40 is also the numeric  value  of  the  letter  “mem”  which  is  “water”  or  “washing” and  10  is  the  numeric  value  of  the  letter  “yud” or  “the hand”; perhaps  to  say  that  “his hands are now clean”.  40  is  also  the numeric  value  of  “b‟levo”  or  “from the heart” and  10  equals “va‟avo” or “I come”. 

Together,  we  see  the  theme  of  “completing the time of learning and testing” and “from the heart I come”. 

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GIFTS CON’TJacob sends 20 female donkeys and 10 foals. 20 represents the “palms” and 10 the “hands”. When you come showing the palms of your hands, what are you saying? I  surrender.  I  submit  to you.  Jacob was coming not only  in  fear, but  in true humility and showing respect to his elder brother. The  groupings  of  each  of  these  droves,  were  male  and  female  or mother  and  child;  the  continuation  of  life.  These  animals  would, reproduce  and  build  wealth,  they  were  truly  the  “gift that keeps on giving”.  There  were  five  droves,  or  divisions,  of  these  animals.  Five  is the  number of  “chen”, which  is  Hebrew  for  “favor” or “grace”.  It  also represents the Torah in Hebrew thought is all about “favor” and “grace”. The  fifth  Book  of  Torah,  Deuteronomy,  is  all  about   s’יהוה “favor” and “grace” toward Israel, even in their failures, as it speaks of their turning away and exile and ultimately their teshuva, redemption and return to Elohim and to the Land of their inheritance. 

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EMPTY OUTAnd he rose up that night and took his two wives, and his two female

servants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of Yabboq. And he took them and sent them over the stream, and sent over what he had.

(Genesis 32:22-23)He passed over the River “Yabboq” (Yud-bet-kuf). “Yabboq” means to “empty out” or to “be poured out”. Jacob was indeed “poured out” and at the “end of himself”. Having come through all that he had, being what amounted to an indentured servant for over 20 years; Torah says that now he stood alone about to face his past and his future. Legends of the Jews: The servants of Jacob went before him with the present for Esau, and he followed with his wives and his children. As he was about to pass  over  the  ford  of  Jabbok,  he  observed  a  shepherd,  who  likewise  had sheep and camels. The stranger approached  Jacob and proposed  that  they should ford the stream together, and help each other move their cattle over, and  Jacob  assented,  on  the  condition  that  his  possessions  should  be  put across first. In the twinkling of an eye Jacob's sheep were transferred to the other side of the stream by the shepherd. 

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POURED OUTAnd Yaʽaqob was left alone. And a Man wrestled with him until the breaking

of day. (Genesis 32:24)Here we have a most  interesting use of Hebrew to describe what went on between Jacob and this “man” that he wrestled with. The common Hebrew words  used  for  “wrestled” in  Scripture  are  “pathal” and “naftul”. When Rachel  says  in  Genesis  30:8  that  she  wrestled  Leah  with  great  wrestling's, she  uses  both  of  these  terms.  And,  you’ll  find  both  of  these  elsewhere  in Scripture. However, a different word  is used  in both verses 24 & 25 and  it only appears here. According to Strong’s Concordance,  the word  is “abaq”, word  #079.  meaning  to  “wrestle” or  “grapple with” from  the  context  of “kicking up dust” or “getting dusty”. Gesenius’ Lexicon states the meaning as “to pound” or “make small”, as used to describe a fist fight. In verse 24 “and wrestled”, the word is rendered “va’yaboq”.  It  is a variation of, and has the same pronunciation as the river “Yabboq”, which means “poured out”. From our  context,  it  is  obviously  talking  about  a  great  struggle,  as  in  an  intense wrestling match that exhausts both parties. So, they are both “poured out” or “emptied”.

FACING ELAnd when He saw that He did not overcome him, He touched the socket

of his hip. And the socket of Yaʽaqob’s hip was dislocated as He wrestled with him. And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” But he said, “I am not letting You go until You have blessed me!” So He asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Yaʽaqob.” And He said, “Your

name is no longer called Yaʽaqob, but Yisra’ĕl1, because you have striven with Elohim and with men, and have overcome.” Footnote:

1Yisra’ĕl means “to strive with Ěl, to overcome with Ěl, (then) to rule with Ěl” And Yaʽaqob asked Him, saying, “Please let me know Your Name.” And He said, “Why do you ask about My Name?” And He

blessed him there. And Yaʽaqob called the name of the place Peni’ĕl, “For I have seen Elohim face to face, and my life is preserved.” (Genesis

32:25-30)Having struggled with both man (Esau and Laban) and Elohim (יהושע), Jacob  is  given  a  new  name,  Yisra’el;  because  he  has  “overcome” or “prevailed with El”. And, he names  that place “Peni’el” which  literally means “facing El”; because he has seen Elohim and lived. 

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PENI’EL

And the sun rose on him as he passed over Penu’ĕl, and he limped on his hip. (Genesis 32:31)

The Torah states that “the sun rose on him as he passed over Penu‟el”. The Hebrew word in Scripture for “dawn” or “sunrise” is “shachar”. But here, we have the phrase “Va‟eetzerach li ha shemesh” as he passed over Peni’el. The implication is that the sun (shemesh) rose because of him.  It’s a word-play, or Hebrewism, denoting  that he “walked in the light” as in the light of the sun.Today, Jacob (Israel) still struggles with this Divine Man who is יהושע. The Messiah was “In the Beginning,” according to John 1:1. The Jewish people (Israel) do not believe that the Messiah is part of the Oneness of  God,  and  therefore  they  struggle  with  the  belief  that  God  could appear as the Messiah. 

Trust in יהוה with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; (Proverbs 3:5)

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JOB - WRESTLINGScripture  tells us  that our wrestling matches are not with flesh and blood but with principalities and powers of darkness. 

Because we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against authorities, against the world-rulers of the darkness of

this age, against spiritual matters of wickedness in the heavenlies. (Ephesians 6:12)

One reason why our  struggling can become so painful: we are sometimes not  quite  sure  what  (or  whom)  we  are  wrestling  with!  This  was  Job’s dilemma, Satan was causing his trouble, but did so with God’s permission, and his pain was compounded by the insistence of his friends that he must have sinned for God to be punishing him so terribly and telling him that  if he would only confess his hidden sin, everything would be okay. Although Job was a righteous and blameless man, even  in God’s sight,  Job wrestled on several fronts – with God, man, and with Satan – and even his wife!

And his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse Elohim and die!” ... For I know that my Redeemer lives, and as the Last shall

rise over the dust; and after my skin has been struck off, then in my flesh I shall see Eloah, whom I myself shall see on my side, and not a stranger. My

kidneys have failed within me! (Job 2:9 --19:25-27)22

GETTING BACK ON OUR FEETFor the enemy has pursued my being; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, Like the dead of old.

(Psalms 143:3)A  wrestling  match  is  lost  when  one  of  the  wrestlers  is  pinned  to  the ground and cannot get up again. Likewise, we have not lost if we become weary or discouraged, or even feel like giving up, but only if we fail to rise up again. We are not faulted for struggling with God, man, or Satan, or for even  falling down  to  the ground time and again.   It  doesn’t matter  that we have fallen. We have not lost until we simply refuse to get up again.

For seven times a righteous man falls and rises, But the wrong one stumbles into evil. (Proverbs 24:16)

It’s God who will  raise us up, dust us off, and set our  feet back on solid rock. 

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CORRELATIONGenesis 32 is a prophetic shadow-picture of how Jacob’s descendants will come back into the land of their inheritance prior to יהושע’s return. They will  be  divided  into  two  camps  and  will  have  to  confront  Esau,  Edom (modern  Palestinian-Arabs  who  will  be  blocking  the  way.  Both  camps (Judah  and  Ephraim,  currently  represented  by  the  Jewish  and  Christian peoples) are  returning out of  spiritual Babylon  (as per Rev 18:4) where they  have  been  in  servitude  to  the  Babylonish  world  system  even  as Jacob was a servant to Laban (who lived in the area of ancient Babylon).They  will  not  defeat  Esau  through  appeasement  (Gen  32:20)  as  Jacob tried to do with Esau and the modern state of  Israel  is dealing with the Palestinians by giving land for peace.Messianic  Israel/Ephraim  will  also  go  through  the  same  process.  Jacob will  get  transformed  into  Israel.  The  two  houses  of  Israel  will  learn  to dance with each other so that they can dance on their wedding day with King  Solomon  (derived  from  the  Hebrew  word shalom)  /   Sar יהושעShalom (Prince of Peace)—their Bridegroom. 24

OUR DESTINYAs  Jacob  did,  so  we  too  will  have  to  wrestle  with  man  and  El  (Gen 32:28) to return to the Promised Land. We must prevail with יהוה and demonstrate to him that we are serious about wanting to possess our promised  inheritance.  When  we  die  to  self  as  a  people-group  (both Judah and Ephraim), this will please the Father and he will make even our  enemies  (i.e.,  modern  Esau)  to  be  at  peace  with  us (Proverbs 16:7). As with Jacob, we as collective Israel need to spend a dark night of the soul  wrestling  with   ,יהוה get  a  good  look  at  his  face  to  see  who  he really  is, which will  in  turn help us  to understand who we  really  are. Then we will be humbled, will learn to place our trust in the promises and protection of יהוה resulting  in our being transformed from being a Jacob (meaning  “heel  catcher,  supplanter,  a  deceptive  sneak  thief”) into  an Israel (“a  prince  of  El  or  prevailer  with  El”)  with  a  new  name and identity. 25

THREE SECTIONS

And Yaʽaqob lifted his eyes and looked and saw Ěsaw coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children among Lĕ’ah, and Rahĕl, and the two female servants. And he put the female servants and their children in front, and Lĕ’ah and her children behind, and

Rahĕl and Yosĕph last. And he himself passed over before them .... (Genesis 33:1-3)

Instead of  two camps  Jacob divides his  family  into  three camps. The first  camp  sees  him  setting  out  of  the  maids  first  in  a  prophetic message. The two sons of Bilhah are namely Dan (Judge, vindicated) and  Naptali  (Prevailed)  and  the  sons  of  Zilpa,  Gad  (Fortunate)  and Asher (Happy). That the servant is fortunate and happy because he had prevailed. He was judged for his actions and was vindicated. Following them we get the two camps Judah and Ephraim with Josef the only son mentioned last. 

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BOWED 7 TIMES

And he ... bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. (Genesis 33:3)

Jacob bows  seven  times,  fully  prostrating  himself  to  the  ground,  and this  is  followed  by  his  wives  and  their  children  also  bowing  before Esau.  Next  we  are  told  that  four  times,  Jacob  will  call  Esau,  “my adonai”  (33:8,13,14,15).  Twice  he  will  call  himself  “Esau’s servant” (33:5,14).  What’s  up  with  this  apparent  reversal  of  Jacob’s  blessing (Genesis 27:29 – be master over your brothers and may your mother’s sons bow down to you), and can we connect these details with the wrestling match of the night before?A logical conclusion after the wrestling match would be that Jacob was now  in a position  to overcome whatever situation he may be  in with his brother, Esau. Why then, do we not see him asserting the authority he was given over his brother? Are we disappointed  that we are not seeing a “new and confident” Jacob? 27

FACE OF ELOHIMAnd Yaʽaqob said, ... receive my present from my hand, because I have

seen your face like seeing the face of Elohim, and you were pleased with me. “Please, take my blessing that is brought to you, ... (Genesis

33:10-11)Why would Jacob say it is as if he is seeing the Face of Elohim? The clue to the face drama is the blessing been presented, namely the “bracha” blessing he  stole: And Elohim give you of the dew of the heavens, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine. Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be master over your brothers, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you. ...(Genesis 27:28-29)This  blessing  is  about  wealth  and  power  and  not  the  birthright  or “bechira” blessing of personal destiny  received  in: Bereshith 28:3-4 " “And Ěl Shaddai bless you, and make you bear fruit and increase you, and you shall become an assembly of peoples, and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and your seed with you, so that you inherit the land of your sojournings, which Elohim gave to Abraham.”

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RABBI SACKS

We know that at the time of the blessings, Isaac was blind. This is the only reason why Jacob was able to pull off the impersonation. Because he could not see, Isaac was forced to trust his others senses: he “tasted” the food, he “touched” Jacob’s hands, he “smelled” his clothes. He also “heard” his voice which he said “sounds like the voice of Jacob”, and then replied that the hands “are the hands of Esau.” Therefore, after some doubt, Isaac trusted his other senses over that of what he “heard” and gives Jacob the blessing (bracha). Now remember all of this has happened because “he cannot see Jacob’s face”.The sages teach that each of the patriarchs were role models for us to learn how to handle challenges. From Abraham we learn the strength of conviction and how to stand apart in an ungodly culture. Isaac was the picture of sacrifice and as believers, we also must identify with the sacrifice of our Messiah. And now Jacob becomes our role model of learning our identity. 29

JACOB A MAN OF TRUTHYou give truth to Yaʽaqob, .. (Micah 7:20)

“Truth” is  what  Jacob  wrestled  for.  It  was  a  “truth” about  identity. Jacob needed  to  come “face to face” with  that  reality. He needed  to look in a mirror. James says the “mirror” is the Torah, the “perfect law of liberty”. יהושע is the “Word made flesh” and thus by reading יהוה’s Torah (instructions), we can see “His face”, and we can see ourselves in the mirror as well:

And become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Because if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer,

he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror, for he looks at himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what he was like. But he that looked into the perfect Torah, that of freedom, and continues in

it, not becoming a hearer that forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be blessed in his doing of the Torah. (James 1:22-25)

In  his  wrestling,  Jacob  came  “face to face”  (like  looking  in  a  mirror) with  this  Torah of  liberty, whom we know as יהושע the Messiah. He came away from it with a new identity reflected in his new name. He also received a blessing of destiny.

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SUMMARYJacob was attempting to give back the blessing (bracha) he had stolen from  Esau  20  years  prior.  Not  the  birthright  blessing  (bechira)  which was  rightfully  his.  The  herds  and  flocks  he  set  apart  for  Esau represented wealth (dew of heaven and the richness of the earth). The 7-fold  bowing,  calling  Esau  “my adonai”,  and  himself  “your servant” represented  the  hand-over  of  power  (be master over your brethren and let your mother’s sons bow down to you). Jacob understood that the  sustenance  of  the  Almighty  was  sufficient  and  wanted  to  make things  right  with  Esau.  He  expresses  his  newly  found  truth  in  these words to his brother:

“Please, take my blessing that is brought to you, because Elohim has favoured me, and because I have all I need.” (Genesis 33:11)

Jacob understands that he is complete in all he has. He wants Esau to take not only  the gift of his animals, but  the blessing  that was never meant for him. In order to “have it all”, he must “give away”. These are the “truths” that Jacob learned in the wrestling match. 31

OVERCOMERThe  wrestling  match  was  the  birth  of  “Israel”.  Jacob  learned  that  his “wealth” and “power” came not from the earth, but from the One who transcends  this  earth.  Jacob  struggled  and  prevailed  to  gain  this “truth”; and in the same way, we also must strive to be “overcomers”. Like Jacob, we must learn that no matter what the odds are, no matter how much  it hurts, we cannot  let go of  the “man” that has  so much power in our lives. יהושע “overcame” the world, and through faith, we can follow in His footsteps:

John 16:33 "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good

cheer, I have overcome the world."1 John 5:4 For everyone born of Adonai overcomes the world. And this

is the victory that has overcome the world -- our faith.There is a special position promised to those who “overcome”:

Revelation 3:12 "He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My Adonai…"To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with

Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 32

THE WELCOME EMBRACE

And Ěsaw ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. (Genesis 33:4)

Legends of the Jews: In the vehemence of his rage against Jacob, Esau vowed that he would not slay him with bow and arrow, but would bite him dead with his mouth, and suck his blood. But he was doomed to bitter disappointment, for Jacob's neck turned as hard as ivory, and in his helpless fury Esau could but gnash his teeth. The two brothers were like the ram and the wolf. A wolf wanted to tear a ram in pieces, and the ram defended himself with his horns, striking them deep into the flesh of the wolf. Both began to howl,  the wolf because he could not secure his prey, and the ram from fear that the wolf renew his attacks. Esau  bawled  because  his  teeth  were  hurt  by  the  ivory-like  flesh  of Jacob's neck, and Jacob feared that his brother would make a second attempt to bite him.

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SE’IR` And he (Esua) said, “Let us depart and go, and let me go before you.” But he

(Jacob) said to him, ... let me lead on slowly according to the pace of the livestock that go before me, and according to the pace of the children, until I

come to my master in Sĕʽir.” .. And Ěsaw returned that day on his way to Sĕʽir. And Yaʽaqob set out to Sukkoth, and built himself a house, and made booths for his livestock. That is why the name of the place is called Sukkoth. (Genesis

33:12-17)Many  teachers  say  that  Jacob went  in  the opposite direction  to deceive his brother again.  This “Se’ir” is not Mt.  Se’ir,  the area of Edom. We  read  later that Esau moves to Edom and Mt. Se’ir after the death of Isaac. At this time, Esau was still living in Canaan. There is a Mt. Se’ir in Israel and it is located in Northern Judea (Yehudah), northwest of Jerusalem, not far from Beit El. It lies just  south  and  west  of  Beit  El.  Jacob  did  not  misdirect  Esau  into  going  to Jordan  and  then  take  off  in  another  direction.  He  was  heading  toward  the area  of  his  brother’s  home  and  then  on  to  his  father’s.  It  was  Esau  who named  Mt.  Se’ir  in  Edom  as  “Se’ir” means  “hairy goat” in  Hebrew  and  is represented by the two goats of Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement.

PROPHET OBADIAHEventually  “Jacob will come to Seir.” The  prophet  Obadiah  was  from the tribe of Judah, and pronounced יהוה’s judgment against Edom, the descendants of  Esau.  The ultimate destruction would  come  from  the House  of  Jacob,  repaying  the  years  of  destruction  exacted  by  the Edomites ruling the world.

“And the house of Yaʽaqob shall be a fire, and the house of Yosĕph a flame, but the house of Ěsaw for stubble. And they shall burn among them and they shall consume them, so that no survivor is left of the

house of Ěsaw.” For יהוה has spoken. And they shall possess the South with the mountains of Ěsaw, and low country with the Philistines. And they shall possess the fields of Ephrayim and the fields of Shomeron,

and Binyamin with Gilʽad, and the exiles of this host of the children of Yisra’ĕl possess that of the Kenaʽanites as far as Tsarephath, and the exiles of Yerushalayim who are in Sepharad possess the cities of the

South. And saviours shall come to Mount Tsiyon to judge the mountains of Ěsaw. And the reign shall belong to יהוה. (Obadiah 1:18-21) 35

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WHOLE OR COMPLETEAnd Yaʽaqob came safely to the city of Shekem, which is in the land of

Kenaʽan, when he came from Paddan Aram. And he pitched his tent before the city. And he bought the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent,

from the children of Hamor, Shekem’s father, for one hundred qesitah. And he set up an altar there and called it Ěl Elohĕ Yisra’ĕl. (Genesis 33:18-20)

Now, here  is  something  that you  just don’t  see  in our English  translations. Verse 18, reads, from the ISR Scriptures; And Ya‟aqob came safely to the city of Shekem, which is in the land of Kena‟an, when he came from Paddan Aram. And he pitched his tent before the city. Now, from the King James Version it reads a little differently; And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. In the Hebrew, it reads; Va‟abo Ya‟aqob shalem e‟yr Shekem asher b‟eretz Kena‟an b‟vo Paddan Aram va‟eechan et paney ha‟eyr  and  translates  as; And came Ya‟aqob whole or complete  to  the city of Shekem that  is  in  the land of Kena‟an and having come from Paddan Aram and encamped before the city. 

SHALEMJacob did not arrive in Shekem “safely”; nor did he come to the city of “Shalem”. Shalem is not a city of Shekem. The city of “Shalem” was the city/kingdom where the Melek Tzadik, Shem, was the King. Contrary to Strong’s  Exhaustive  Concordance  and  Dictionary,  it  does  not  mean “peace”.  It  does  not  mean  the  same  thing  as  “shalom”. “Shalem”, although spelled the same as “shalom” (“shin-lamed-mem” - except for the  vowel  markings),  is  a  variation  of  the  root  word  that  means “whole”, “complete”, “unified”, “finished” and “restored”, according to Gesenius’  Hebrew-Chaldee  Lexicon,  Klein’s  Etymological  Dictionary of the Hebrew Language and Brown, Driver, Briggs. Now,  there are no vowel markings  in  the Hebrew Scriptures. How do we know that יהוה did not intend to use the word “shalom” to say that Jacob arrived in “peace”? Had the intent been to say “And came Jacob in peace to the city of Shekem….”,  it  would  read  in  the  Hebrew “b‟shalom” (in peace). There is no letter “bet” as a prefix. So, “shalem” would be the proper word to use here. The Melek Tzadik might be the “Prince of Shalom”  (Peace);  but  also,  He  is  the  “King of Shalem” (“Wholeness” or “Completeness”).

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PADDAN ARAMJacob was returning home from “Paddan Aram”. This is a very special place.  It  was  the  birthplace  of  his  wives  and  his  mother,  Rivka,  and where Abraham lived just prior to his call to leave Babylon and sojourn in the Land. “Paddan”  (pey-dalet-nun)  in  Strong’s  Concordance,  means  “field” or “plain”.  Gesenius’  Lexicon  and  Klein’s  Dictionary,  indicates  that “paddah” (pey-dalet-hey)  which  means  to  “ransom”, “deliver” or “redeem”.  In  Hebrew  thought,  a  “field” or “plain” coincides  with  a “plane of existence” or a “dimension” that is outside of us. It is a “plane of existence” or a “dimension” where “redemption” takes place.“Aram” (aleph-reish-mem) is  that  area  of  Mesopotamia  where  the Arameans came from, “Aram” means “exalted” or “lifted up”. “Paddan Aram”  (Pey-dalet-nun  and  Aleph-reish-mem)  equal  the  number  375, which  equals  the  word  “shalemah”  (Deut.  25:15)  meaning  “perfect”. This place,  this “exalted field of redemption” was the place of  Jacob’s “perfecting”.

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SHEKEMWhen  Jacob  crosses  the  Yarden,  after  he  leaves  Sukkoth,  he  arrives “restored” and “whole” at Shekem. “Shekem” means “shoulder” or the “upper back”; where the load carried or the “burden is shouldered”. The  Kohen  ha  Gadol  (the  High  Priest)  would  later  wear  onyx  stones engraved with the names of the twelve tribes “upon his shoulders” to bear the physical burden of Israel. He bore the stones of each tribe in the breastplate to bear the spiritual burden of Israel. And, the prophet speaks of Mashiach in For a Child shall be born unto us, a Son shall be given unto us, and the rule is on His shoulder. And His Name is called Wonder, Counsellor, Strong Ěl, Father of Continuity, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His rule and peace there is no end, upon the throne of Dawid and over His reign, to establish it and sustain it with right-ruling and with righteousness from now on, even forever. The ardour of יהוה of hosts does this. (Isaiah 9:6-7)Shekem is the city that lies between Mt Gerizim and Mt. Eybal. It was here that Joshua and the Children of Israel would later come to declare the “blessings” and the “curses”. 39

RAPE OF DINAH.. Dinah, the daughter of Lĕ’ah, ... Shekem, son of Hamor the Hiwwite, ..

saw her .. and lay with her, and humbled her ... his being clung to Dinah .. and he loved the girl. Shekem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Take this

girl for me for a wife.” Yaʽaqob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Yaʽaqob kept

silent until they came. .. when they heard it.. the men were grieved and very wroth. Hamor spoke with them .. Please give her to him (Shekem) for

a wife. .. “Only on this condition would we agree to you: If .. have every male of you circumcised, then we shall give our daughters to you, and take your daughters to us. And we shall dwell with you, and shall become one people. .. And Hamor and Shekem his son came to the gate of their city,

and spoke with the men of their city, “These men are at peace with us, so let them dwell in the land and move about in it. And see, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters for us for wives, and let us

give them our daughters. ..And it came to be on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Yaʽaqob, Shimʽon and Lĕwi, .. killed all

the males. And they killed Hamor and Shekem his son .. and took Dinah from Shekem’s house. .. and plundered the city, because they had defiled

their sister. .. And all their little ones and their wives they took captive, and they plundered all that was in the houses. ..(Genesis 34:1-31) 40

THE CITY COMMANDED TO BE DESTROYED IN DEUTERONOMY

“When you hear someone in one of your cities, which יהוה your Elohim gives you to dwell in, saying, ‘Some men, sons of Beliyaʽal, have gone out of you midst and led the inhabitants of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other mighty ones” ’ – mighty ones whom you have not known – then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently. And see if the matter is true and established that this abomination was done in your midst, you shall certainly smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, putting it under the ban, and all that is in it and its livestock, with the edge of the sword. “And gather all its plunder into the middle of the street, and completely burn with fire the city and all its plunder, before יהוה your Elohim. And it shall be a heap forever, never to be built again. “And none of that which is put under the ban is to cling to your hand, so that יהוה turns from the fierceness of His displeasure and shall show you compassion, love you and increase you, as He swore to your fathers, when you obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim, to guard all His commands which I command you today, to do what is right in the eyes of יהוה your Elohim. (Deuteronomy 13:12-18) 41

PARALLELS BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES

Both  concern  someone  who  set  out  to  convince  the  people  of  their city… • Hamor and Shekem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke

with the men of their city, (Genesis 34:20)• ‘Some men, sons of Beliyaʽal, have gone out of you midst and led the

inhabitants of their city astray, (Deuteronomy 13:13)Both describe a serious act that takes place in the city• And the sons of Yaʽaqob came in from the field when they heard it.

And the men were grieved and very wroth, because he had done a senseless deed in Yisra’ĕl by lying with Yaʽaqob’s daughter, which should not be done. (Genesis 34:7)

• then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently. And see if the matter is true and established that this abomination was done in your midst, (Deuteronomy 13:14) 42

PARALLELS BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES

In both cases, the people of the city are put to death by the sword for their abominations:• And it came to be on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the

sons of Yaʽaqob, Shimʽon and Lĕwi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males. (Genesis 34:25)

• you shall certainly smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, putting it under the ban, and all that is in it and its livestock, with the edge of the sword. (Deuteronomy 13:15)

Rav Bazak points out one obvious difference between the stories concerning the spoils. • The sons of Yaʽaqob .. plundered the city ...(Genesis 34:27)• you shall certainly smite .. all that is in it and its livestock, with the edge of

the sword. “And gather all its plunder into the middle of the street, and completely burn with fire the city and all its plunder, before יהוה your Elohim. ..“And none of that which is put under the ban is to cling to your hand, ..(Deuteronomy 13:15-17) 43

PARALLELS BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES

Putting to death all the inhabitants of a city was a very difficult mission. It  has  been  observed  that  this  sort  of  an  act  dulls  the  senses  of  a person’s moral sensibilities. Hence the reason for יהוה’s promise  in the Torah…that  “He will turn from the fierceness of His anger and show mercy, and have compassion” on the hearts of those who were asked to carry out this destruction. He will wipe away the moral damage caused by  their  acts  of  killing.  The  heart  is  the  key  here.  The  destruction  in Deuteronomy is to be performed purely as an act of obedience to “יהוה your Elohim”. THERE IS TO BE NO PERSONAL GAIN in the mission.Now we are able to see the act of Jacob’s sons in a new light. If, in יהוה’s eyes,  the  killing  of  the  residents  of  Shechem  was  justified,  the plundering of the city was certainly NOT justified. Now it would be seen as  outright  murder  done  out  of  anger,  along  with  satisfying  their  own personal interests. There is no promise of mercy for those who killed out of anger and greed. 44

BAAL HERMONWe  read  that  they  plundered  the  city  of  all  its  wealth  and  took,  as captives,  the  women  and  children  of  the  Hiwwites  of  Shekem.  “Why are we told this here?” “Shekem” we know is “shoulder”. “Hamor” has two meanings; the first being “ass” or “male donkey” and the second is “heap” a “memorial”. People  of  that  day  would  pile  stones  or  rocks  into  a  “heap”  as  a remembrance or memorial to treaties, covenants, graves or whatever they wanted generations to come to see and remember. That is exactly what Elohim  is doing with  this  story,  this  “parable”, this “mishle”. He wants us to take note of it and remember it. Now, the men of this city were “Hiwwites” Strong’s #2340, meaning “dwellers of the high place”, whose  capital  was  on  Mt.  Ba’al  Hermon  (#1179,  meaning  “lord of destruction”). So,  we  have  a  city  of  pagans,  who  worship  the  “lord of destruction”, whose  leader  represents  a  memorial  or  historic  event  and  his  son Shekem. 

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DESTRUCTION OF THE LORDProphetic picture: יהושע,  the  Son having  the  “reign of the Kingdom” on  His  shoulders.  Shekem,  as  Hamor’s  son,  is  a  picture  of  “anti-messiah” who has the reign of his father on his shoulders. He kidnaps and  defiles  “Dinah”, whose  name  means  “Judgment” or “Justice”. Again,  in our time, we will  see the Land  invaded by  the  forces of  the “lord of destruction”  (anti-messiah)  and  we’re  already  seeing  the raping of “Dinah”, “Justice”.

Only this next time, יהוה will fight for Jacob and defeat the “lord of destruction” and his armies and cleanse the Land. And, a “shalem” 

Jacob, a “whole”, “unified” and “restored” Israel will bury the dead of that war, as “And it shall be on that day that I give Gog a burial site there in Yisra’ĕl, the valley of those passing by east of the sea, and

stopping those passing by, because there they shall bury Gog and all his crowd, and shall call it the Valley of Hamon Gog. “And the house of

Yisra’ĕl shall bury them for seven months, in order to cleanse the land. “And all the people of the land shall bury them, and it shall be for a name to them on the day that I am esteemed,” declares the Master

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MEMORIAL HEAP

And Elohim said to Yaʽaqob, “Arise, go up to Bĕyth Ěl and dwell there. And make an altar there to Ěl who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Ěsaw your brother.” And Yaʽaqob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign mighty ones that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments. “And let us arise and go up to Bĕyth Ěl, and let me make there an altar to Ěl, who answered me in the day of my distress, and has been with me in

the way which I have gone.” .. And he built there an altar and called the place El Bĕyth Ěl, because there Elohim appeared to him when he fled

from the face of his brother. (Genesis 35:1-7) calls יהוה Jacob back  to “Beit El” (the House of Elohim)  to where He visited him, back  to  the “roots of his faith”,  in order  to give praise  to the El of his deliverance. 

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BREAD OF LIFEAnd Elohim said to him, “Your name is Yaʽaqob, your name is no longer

called Yaʽaqob, but Yisra’ĕl is your name.” So He called his name Yisra’ĕl. And Elohim said to him, “I am Ěl Shaddai. Bear fruit and

increase, a nation and a company of nations shall be from you, and sovereigns come from your body. “And the land which I gave Abraham and Yitshaq I give to you. And to your seed after you I give this land.” ..

And Yaʽaqob set up a standing column in the place where He had spoken with him, a monument of stone. And he poured a drink offering

on it, and he poured oil on it. (Genesis 35:10-14)The Covenant יהוה set up with Abraham and Isaac was now passed on to the next generation. In response to יהוה, Jacob set up a stone pillar and poured out the drink offering and oil on it. The offerings were not separated, so when we see a drink offering in scripture we look for the grain offering called minchah in Hebrew. Stone (as in the stone pillar) is a  reference  to  the  Messiah;   is יהושע the  “Bread of Life,”  He  is  the bread offering! That is why Jacob poured out the drink offering and oil on the Rock, יהושע, the Bread of Life.   48

DEATH OF RACHEL... that Rahĕl began to give birth, and had great difficulty giving birth. And it came to be, as she was having great difficulty giving birth, that the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for it is another son for you.” And it came to be, as her life was going out – for she died – that she called his name Ben-Oni. But his father called him Binyamin. So Rahĕl died

and was buried on the way to Ephrath, that is Bĕyth Lehem. And Yaʽaqob set a standing column on her grave, which is the monument of

Rahĕl’s grave to this day. (Genesis 35:16-20)The  truth  was  Rachel  “died”  when  she  stole,  hid  and  lied  about  her father’s  idols  (Genesis  31:32-35).  Her  early  death  was  set  in  motion when Jacob pronounced a death sentence over her by saying to Laban, “If you find anyone, who has your gods, he shall not live.”This  is  a  story  about  taking  every  thought  captive  and  being  very careful with the words we speak. Our words can literally lead to death–spiritually  and  eventually  physically–in  ourselves,  plus  effect  a  lot  of other people, as we have seen in this story. 49

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DEATH OF ISAACAnd the days of Yitshaq were one hundred and eighty years. So Yitshaq breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people, aged and satisfied of days. And his sons Ěsaw and Yaʽaqob buried him. (Genesis

35:28-29)And then, we see at the death of Isaac, things change. All things written in Torah  are  significant  at  Isaac’s  age  of  180  at  his  death,  we  see  a  deeper meaning.  100  represents  the  letter  “kuf” which  means  to  “surround” or “touch” and 80 is the letter “pey”, which is the “mouth”, which is part of the “face”. So, it reflects “touching the mouth” or “speech”. “Face” in Hebrew is “paniym” and  also  has  the  numeric  value  of  180.  There  are  several instances  referring  to  “the face”,  as well  as  “nasah” or “to go out” or “to journey” which also equals 180. These were all connected to “going out” or “journeying  before”  (in  the  face  of)  Elohim;  being  sent  out  to  hear  His speech, His words and  to understand one’s destiny and calling.  Isaac’s  life journey  was  constantly  “before”  (paniym)   ,יהוה as  His  purpose  and  plan were  being  brought  to  fruition.  The  same  is  certainly  true  of  Jacob,  Yah’s circumventer, who was in the palm of His hand always. 

GENESIS 36 - GENEALOGY OF ESAUJust looking at three of Esau’s descendents we get a picture of history, past and future. 1. In verse 12, we see Esau’s grandson “Amaleq”, who is the historical 

counterfeit of Israel. 2. Then,  in  verses  11  &  15  we’re  introduced  to  Esau’s  grandson 

“Tsepho”, who according to history, and confirmed by the Dead Sea Scrolls, was made king of Rome, and then made king of “Chittim” (which  included  Cypress)  during  the  reign  of  King  Hizqiyahu (Hezekiah) of Yehudah. Rome is Esau. 

3. In  verse  43,  we’re  introduced  to  “Magdi‟el”.  Strong’s  has  one meaning for this name; but, in Hebrew, his name is from the same root as “Migdol” which means “high tower”. The rabbis teach that this too is a reference to Rome, in that when Romulus (the king of what  was  about  to  become  the  Roman  Empire),  united  all  Italy under his flag, he began to build a “tower” like the Tower of Babel. But, like those in Nimrod’s day, he never finished it.  51